Oh, Jeremy: Politics goes pop at ‘wokest-ever’ Glasto

The Labour leader's name – sung to the White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army' – was the unofficial anthem of the most politically charged Glastonbury in years

Corbyn (left) and Eavis on Saturday © Anna Barclay/Glastonbury Festivals Ltd

If you’re reading this, chances are you already know that last weekend saw 135,000 people descend on Worthy Farm in Somerset for the return of the world’s largest greenfield music event, Glastonbury Festival.

Aside from the big names in contemporary music and performing arts that have, since the early ’80s, been the festival’s trademark, Glastonbury 2017 served up a slate of distinctly political programming – ‘Was this the wokest Glastonbury ever?’, asks The Guardian’s Hadley Freeman; ‘staying woke’…

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